Crisis in France
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As you probably know Libya has decided not to sell gas to England and France since they aren't being very friendly any more. The Prime Ministers and Presidents assure us all that they have the situation well in hand and are about to rip them off. However the man in the street is taking the brunt of the present situation. Why, only yesterday, a thief in Paris planned to steal some paintings from the Louvre. After careful planning, he got past security, stole the paintings, and made it safely to his van. However, he was captured only two blocks away when his van ran out of gas. When asked how he could mastermind such a crime yet make such an obvious error, he replied, 'Monsieur, that is the reason I stole the paintings.' I had no Monet . . . . . . . . . . . to buy Degas. . . . . . . . . . . to make the Van Gogh. :cool:
Where there's sacrifice, there's someone collecting the sacrificial offerings. Where there's service, there is someone being served. The man who speaks to you of sacrifice is speaking of slaves and masters, and intends to be the master. ~ Ayn Rand
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As you probably know Libya has decided not to sell gas to England and France since they aren't being very friendly any more. The Prime Ministers and Presidents assure us all that they have the situation well in hand and are about to rip them off. However the man in the street is taking the brunt of the present situation. Why, only yesterday, a thief in Paris planned to steal some paintings from the Louvre. After careful planning, he got past security, stole the paintings, and made it safely to his van. However, he was captured only two blocks away when his van ran out of gas. When asked how he could mastermind such a crime yet make such an obvious error, he replied, 'Monsieur, that is the reason I stole the paintings.' I had no Monet . . . . . . . . . . . to buy Degas. . . . . . . . . . . to make the Van Gogh. :cool:
Where there's sacrifice, there's someone collecting the sacrificial offerings. Where there's service, there is someone being served. The man who speaks to you of sacrifice is speaking of slaves and masters, and intends to be the master. ~ Ayn Rand
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As you probably know Libya has decided not to sell gas to England and France since they aren't being very friendly any more. The Prime Ministers and Presidents assure us all that they have the situation well in hand and are about to rip them off. However the man in the street is taking the brunt of the present situation. Why, only yesterday, a thief in Paris planned to steal some paintings from the Louvre. After careful planning, he got past security, stole the paintings, and made it safely to his van. However, he was captured only two blocks away when his van ran out of gas. When asked how he could mastermind such a crime yet make such an obvious error, he replied, 'Monsieur, that is the reason I stole the paintings.' I had no Monet . . . . . . . . . . . to buy Degas. . . . . . . . . . . to make the Van Gogh. :cool:
Where there's sacrifice, there's someone collecting the sacrificial offerings. Where there's service, there is someone being served. The man who speaks to you of sacrifice is speaking of slaves and masters, and intends to be the master. ~ Ayn Rand
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As you probably know Libya has decided not to sell gas to England and France since they aren't being very friendly any more. The Prime Ministers and Presidents assure us all that they have the situation well in hand and are about to rip them off. However the man in the street is taking the brunt of the present situation. Why, only yesterday, a thief in Paris planned to steal some paintings from the Louvre. After careful planning, he got past security, stole the paintings, and made it safely to his van. However, he was captured only two blocks away when his van ran out of gas. When asked how he could mastermind such a crime yet make such an obvious error, he replied, 'Monsieur, that is the reason I stole the paintings.' I had no Monet . . . . . . . . . . . to buy Degas. . . . . . . . . . . to make the Van Gogh. :cool:
Where there's sacrifice, there's someone collecting the sacrificial offerings. Where there's service, there is someone being served. The man who speaks to you of sacrifice is speaking of slaves and masters, and intends to be the master. ~ Ayn Rand
It's a pity that reality has to squash that joke a bit: Van Gogh is not pronounced to work with "Van Go": The "Van" is a bit like "Fen" with the V sounding like a half V and half F. The "a" isn't quite like a short "e", but it's softer than North Americans pronounce it. The Gogh--it's tricky. The first G sounds a bit like a guttural H, the "o" sound stays the same pretty much the same (but not as harsh sounding as the "o" in "go") and the final GH is sort of like a guttural CH, like in the name Johann Sebastian Bach. There is an MP3 here[^] giving the proper pronunciation. (See http://www.vggallery.com/misc/faq.htm[^] for details, including that some of our Q&A visitors do art class as well... This is where I got the info from myself.) Still gets a 5, though! :laugh:
Real men don't use instructions. They are only the manufacturers opinion on how to put the thing together. Manfred R. Bihy: "Looks as if OP is learning resistant."
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As you probably know Libya has decided not to sell gas to England and France since they aren't being very friendly any more. The Prime Ministers and Presidents assure us all that they have the situation well in hand and are about to rip them off. However the man in the street is taking the brunt of the present situation. Why, only yesterday, a thief in Paris planned to steal some paintings from the Louvre. After careful planning, he got past security, stole the paintings, and made it safely to his van. However, he was captured only two blocks away when his van ran out of gas. When asked how he could mastermind such a crime yet make such an obvious error, he replied, 'Monsieur, that is the reason I stole the paintings.' I had no Monet . . . . . . . . . . . to buy Degas. . . . . . . . . . . to make the Van Gogh. :cool:
Where there's sacrifice, there's someone collecting the sacrificial offerings. Where there's service, there is someone being served. The man who speaks to you of sacrifice is speaking of slaves and masters, and intends to be the master. ~ Ayn Rand
ouch :)
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It's a pity that reality has to squash that joke a bit: Van Gogh is not pronounced to work with "Van Go": The "Van" is a bit like "Fen" with the V sounding like a half V and half F. The "a" isn't quite like a short "e", but it's softer than North Americans pronounce it. The Gogh--it's tricky. The first G sounds a bit like a guttural H, the "o" sound stays the same pretty much the same (but not as harsh sounding as the "o" in "go") and the final GH is sort of like a guttural CH, like in the name Johann Sebastian Bach. There is an MP3 here[^] giving the proper pronunciation. (See http://www.vggallery.com/misc/faq.htm[^] for details, including that some of our Q&A visitors do art class as well... This is where I got the info from myself.) Still gets a 5, though! :laugh:
Real men don't use instructions. They are only the manufacturers opinion on how to put the thing together. Manfred R. Bihy: "Looks as if OP is learning resistant."
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It's a pity that reality has to squash that joke a bit: Van Gogh is not pronounced to work with "Van Go": The "Van" is a bit like "Fen" with the V sounding like a half V and half F. The "a" isn't quite like a short "e", but it's softer than North Americans pronounce it. The Gogh--it's tricky. The first G sounds a bit like a guttural H, the "o" sound stays the same pretty much the same (but not as harsh sounding as the "o" in "go") and the final GH is sort of like a guttural CH, like in the name Johann Sebastian Bach. There is an MP3 here[^] giving the proper pronunciation. (See http://www.vggallery.com/misc/faq.htm[^] for details, including that some of our Q&A visitors do art class as well... This is where I got the info from myself.) Still gets a 5, though! :laugh:
Real men don't use instructions. They are only the manufacturers opinion on how to put the thing together. Manfred R. Bihy: "Looks as if OP is learning resistant."
Seeing as we are pissing on a perfectly good joke Degas is pronounced "day-gah[^]" not "dee gas" or "day gas" :-)
Sort of a cross between Lawrence of Arabia and Dilbert.[^]
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It's a pity that reality has to squash that joke a bit: Van Gogh is not pronounced to work with "Van Go": The "Van" is a bit like "Fen" with the V sounding like a half V and half F. The "a" isn't quite like a short "e", but it's softer than North Americans pronounce it. The Gogh--it's tricky. The first G sounds a bit like a guttural H, the "o" sound stays the same pretty much the same (but not as harsh sounding as the "o" in "go") and the final GH is sort of like a guttural CH, like in the name Johann Sebastian Bach. There is an MP3 here[^] giving the proper pronunciation. (See http://www.vggallery.com/misc/faq.htm[^] for details, including that some of our Q&A visitors do art class as well... This is where I got the info from myself.) Still gets a 5, though! :laugh:
Real men don't use instructions. They are only the manufacturers opinion on how to put the thing together. Manfred R. Bihy: "Looks as if OP is learning resistant."
I don't mind you pedants crapping on some of the posts in the Lounge, but when you start ripping into an old joke it really does become rather sad!
Never underestimate the power of human stupidity RAH
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I don't mind you pedants crapping on some of the posts in the Lounge, but when you start ripping into an old joke it really does become rather sad!
Never underestimate the power of human stupidity RAH
Mycroft Holmes wrote:
I don't mind you pedants
I knew they were sickos. Messing around with little kids? X|
Where there's sacrifice, there's someone collecting the sacrificial offerings. Where there's service, there is someone being served. The man who speaks to you of sacrifice is speaking of slaves and masters, and intends to be the master. ~ Ayn Rand
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I don't mind you pedants crapping on some of the posts in the Lounge, but when you start ripping into an old joke it really does become rather sad!
Never underestimate the power of human stupidity RAH
Not sure about the plural there, I liked the joke. Mine was more a playful bit'o'pedantry highlighting the lack of pedantic thoroughness. Sorry for the confusion.
Sort of a cross between Lawrence of Arabia and Dilbert.[^]
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Mycroft Holmes wrote:
I don't mind you pedants
I knew they were sickos. Messing around with little kids? X|
Where there's sacrifice, there's someone collecting the sacrificial offerings. Where there's service, there is someone being served. The man who speaks to you of sacrifice is speaking of slaves and masters, and intends to be the master. ~ Ayn Rand
No, that'd make us foot fetishists. To be sickos we'd need to be p_a_edants. :laugh:
Sort of a cross between Lawrence of Arabia and Dilbert.[^]
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No, that'd make us foot fetishists. To be sickos we'd need to be p_a_edants. :laugh:
Sort of a cross between Lawrence of Arabia and Dilbert.[^]
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A Dead ringer for Kate Winslett[^]I'm not going to let you anywhere near my grandchildren's feet.
Where there's sacrifice, there's someone collecting the sacrificial offerings. Where there's service, there is someone being served. The man who speaks to you of sacrifice is speaking of slaves and masters, and intends to be the master. ~ Ayn Rand
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Not sure about the plural there, I liked the joke. Mine was more a playful bit'o'pedantry highlighting the lack of pedantic thoroughness. Sorry for the confusion.
Sort of a cross between Lawrence of Arabia and Dilbert.[^]
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A Dead ringer for Kate Winslett[^]Keith Barrow wrote:
Not sure about the plural there
Oh theres more than one of you out there, there seems to be a whole horde of pedants jumping on apostrophes, spelling errors and the atrocious misuse of the english language. I just thought it was going too far picking on an old joke. No I don't mean Oakman although his instant focus on childrens feet does worry me a little.
Never underestimate the power of human stupidity RAH
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Keith Barrow wrote:
Not sure about the plural there
Oh theres more than one of you out there, there seems to be a whole horde of pedants jumping on apostrophes, spelling errors and the atrocious misuse of the english language. I just thought it was going too far picking on an old joke. No I don't mean Oakman although his instant focus on childrens feet does worry me a little.
Never underestimate the power of human stupidity RAH
Mycroft Holmes wrote:
Oh theres more than one of you out there, there seems to be a whole horde of pedants jumping on apostrophes
Actually, I hate Spellling & grammar Nazis and wouldn't do this. IMO Spelling is for the weak, who don't have the intelligence to do anything more constructive with language.
Mycroft Holmes wrote:
No I don't mean Oakman although his instant focus on childrens feet does worry me a little.
It did descend into podophillic pederasty a bit too quickly for comfort :~
Sort of a cross between Lawrence of Arabia and Dilbert.[^]
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Mycroft Holmes wrote:
Oh theres more than one of you out there, there seems to be a whole horde of pedants jumping on apostrophes
Actually, I hate Spellling & grammar Nazis and wouldn't do this. IMO Spelling is for the weak, who don't have the intelligence to do anything more constructive with language.
Mycroft Holmes wrote:
No I don't mean Oakman although his instant focus on childrens feet does worry me a little.
It did descend into podophillic pederasty a bit too quickly for comfort :~
Sort of a cross between Lawrence of Arabia and Dilbert.[^]
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A Dead ringer for Kate Winslett[^]Keith Barrow wrote:
It did descend into podophillic pederasty a bit too quickly for comfort
I admit it: I love kids - especially fried with a little salt and butter.
Where there's sacrifice, there's someone collecting the sacrificial offerings. Where there's service, there is someone being served. The man who speaks to you of sacrifice is speaking of slaves and masters, and intends to be the master. ~ Ayn Rand
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Keith Barrow wrote:
It did descend into podophillic pederasty a bit too quickly for comfort
I admit it: I love kids - especially fried with a little salt and butter.
Where there's sacrifice, there's someone collecting the sacrificial offerings. Where there's service, there is someone being served. The man who speaks to you of sacrifice is speaking of slaves and masters, and intends to be the master. ~ Ayn Rand
Oakman wrote:
I admit it: I love kids - especially fried with a little salt and butter.
That joke does not get funnier with each retelling. It was also never funny. You've also told it far, far too many times.
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Oakman wrote:
I admit it: I love kids - especially fried with a little salt and butter.
That joke does not get funnier with each retelling. It was also never funny. You've also told it far, far too many times.
Ravel H. Joyce wrote:
You've also told it far, far too many times.
Go easy on the old guy. When you've 'roamed the earth' for as many years as he and I have, you will find yourself repeating things, forgetting what you went into the shed for, etc. (I haven't started discussing 18th century political philosophy yet, but give it time.)
2011 - Our best hope is that things will be frightening and dangerous rather than desperate and horrific. Jesse's Café Américain
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Ravel H. Joyce wrote:
You've also told it far, far too many times.
Go easy on the old guy. When you've 'roamed the earth' for as many years as he and I have, you will find yourself repeating things, forgetting what you went into the shed for, etc. (I haven't started discussing 18th century political philosophy yet, but give it time.)
2011 - Our best hope is that things will be frightening and dangerous rather than desperate and horrific. Jesse's Café Américain
Somebody had to tell him - he lacks to introspection to see it for himself.
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Somebody had to tell him - he lacks to introspection to see it for himself.
Ravel H. Joyce wrote:
he lacks to introspection to see it for himself.
Or, as Robert Burns put it: O wad some Power the giftie gie us To see oursels as ithers see us! It wad frae monie a blunder free us, An' foolish notion - To a Louse
2011 - Our best hope is that things will be frightening and dangerous rather than desperate and horrific. Jesse's Café Américain
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As you probably know Libya has decided not to sell gas to England and France since they aren't being very friendly any more. The Prime Ministers and Presidents assure us all that they have the situation well in hand and are about to rip them off. However the man in the street is taking the brunt of the present situation. Why, only yesterday, a thief in Paris planned to steal some paintings from the Louvre. After careful planning, he got past security, stole the paintings, and made it safely to his van. However, he was captured only two blocks away when his van ran out of gas. When asked how he could mastermind such a crime yet make such an obvious error, he replied, 'Monsieur, that is the reason I stole the paintings.' I had no Monet . . . . . . . . . . . to buy Degas. . . . . . . . . . . to make the Van Gogh. :cool:
Where there's sacrifice, there's someone collecting the sacrificial offerings. Where there's service, there is someone being served. The man who speaks to you of sacrifice is speaking of slaves and masters, and intends to be the master. ~ Ayn Rand
:-D Instant 5+
